Naylor drives in go-ahead run, Diamondbacks overcome 2-run deficit to beat Brewers 5-2

PHOENIX (AP) — Josh Naylor hit a go-ahead single in the seventh, and the Arizona Diamondbacks overcame a two-run, first-inning deficit to beat the Milwaukee Brewers 5-2 Sunday for their fourth win in five games,.

William Contreras hit a two-run homer in the first off Zac Gallen, who has a 4.64 ERA through four starts. Gallen allowed five hits and three walks in six innings.

Freddy Peralta threw a run-scoring wild pitch in the fifth and Tim Tawa tied the score in the sacrifice fly in the sixth.

Corbin Carroll singled leading off Bryan Hudson (0-1) starting the seventh, advanced on a balk and Geraldo Perdomo's sacrifice, then scored on Naylor's single.

Alek Thomas added a two-run single in the eighth against Grant Anderson.

Jalen Beeks (1-0) pitched a one-hit seventh for his first win with Arizona, which signed him last month, and Justin Martinez struck out two in a perfect eighth.

A.J. Puk allowed a hit and a walk that gave Milwaukee two on with one out in the ninth, then struck out Brice Turang and Jackson Chourio for his third save. Arizona finished a 4-2 homestand.

Peralta gave up two runs, four hits and four walks in 5 1/3 innings.

Milwaukee finished a 3-3 trip that started in Colorado.

Gallen walked back-to-back hitters with one out in the second, then retired Turang on a flyout and Chourio on a groundout.

Milwaukee struck out 11 times and went 0 for 6 with runners in scoring position.

Brewers: LHP Tyler Alexander (1-0, 2.84) starts Monday night's homestand opener against Detroit and the reigning AL Cy Young Award winner, LHP Tarik Skubal (1-2, 3.78).

Diamondbacks: RHP Merrill Kelly (2-1, 7.20) starts Tuesday night's series opener at Miami and RHP Connor Gillispie (0-1, 3.86)

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Milwaukee Brewers' Brice Turang reacts after getting hit with a pitch against the Arizona Diamondbacks in the fourth inning of an MLB baseball game, Sunday, April 13, 2025, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

Arizona Diamondbacks second baseman Tim Tawa flips the ball towards first base on a ball hit by Milwaukee Brewers' Brice Turang in the seventh inning during a baseball game, Sunday, April 13, 2025, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

Arizona Diamondbacks' Tim Tawa hits an RBI sacrifice fly out against the Milwaukee Brewers in the sixth inning during a baseball game, Sunday, April 13, 2025, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

Milwaukee Brewers' Brice Turang reacts after stealing secondbase against the Arizona Diamondbacks in the seventh inning during a baseball game, Sunday, April 13, 2025, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Garrett Mitchell (5) and outfielder Sal Frelick collide in the sixth inning on a ball hit by Arizona Tim Tawa during a baseball game, Sunday, April 13, 2025, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

Arizona Diamondbacks' Alek Thomas hits a two run RBI single against the Milwaukee Brewers in the eighth inning during a baseball game, Sunday, April 13, 2025, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

Arizona Diamondbacks catcher Jose Herrera (11) and pitcher A.J. Puk celebrate after defeating the Milwaukee Brewers in a baseball game, Sunday, April 13, 2025, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s massive holdings of U.S. Treasurys can be “a card on the table” in negotiations over tariffs with the Trump administration, Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato said Friday.

“It does exist as a card, but I think whether we choose to use it or not would be a separate decision,” Kato said during a news show on national broadcaster TV Tokyo.

Kato did not elaborate and he did not say Japan would step up sales of its holdings of U.S. government bonds as part of its talks over President Donald Trump's tariffs on exports from Japan.

Earlier, Japanese officials including Kato had ruled out such an option.

Japan is the largest foreign holder of U.S. government debt, at $1.13 trillion as of late February. China, also at odds with the Trump administration over trade and tariffs, is the second largest foreign investor in Treasurys.

Kato stressed that various factors would be on the negotiating table with Trump, implying that a promise not to sell Treasurys could help coax Washington into an agreement favorable for Japan.

Trump has disrupted decades of American trade policies, including with key security allies like Japan, by i mposing big import taxes, or tariffs, on a wide range of products.

A team of Japanese officials was in Washington this week for talks on the tariffs.

The U.S. is due to soon begin imposing a 25% tariff on imported vehicles and auto parts, as well as an overall 10% baseline tariff. The bigger tariffs will hurt at a time when Japanese economic growth is weakening.

Asian holdings of Treasurys have remained relatively steady in recent years, according to the most recent figures.

But some analysts worry China or other governments could liquidate their U.S. Treasury holdings as trade tensions escalate.

U.S. government bonds are traditionally viewed as a safe financial asset, and recent spikes in yields of those bonds have raised worries that they might be losing that status due to Trump’s tariff policies.

FILE - Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato arrives at the prime minister's office Monday, Nov. 11, 2024, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama, file)